INDIANAPOLIS – Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana’s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.
“More taxpayer-funded SNAP dollars are spent on sugary drinks and candy than on fruits and vegetables. Indiana is proud to lead the way in the Make America Healthy Again agenda by making this common sense move to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to its intended purpose: nutrition.” — Governor Mike Braun
Soda is the number one commodity purchased with SNAP benefits. Purchases of sugary drinks, desserts, and candy exceed the combined sales of fruits and vegetables on SNAP. Children enrolled in SNAP consume 43% more sugary drinks than non-SNAP recipients with similar incomes.
Indiana was among the first states in the country to apply for this waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from SNAP benefits.
At the event rolling out Governor Braun’s Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative, HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said:
“I urge every governor across America to follow your lead by signing similar executive orders in their states to improve nutrition standards in SNAP, increase transparency around food dyes and additives, implement physical fitness tests in schools, expand farm-to-school programs, and embrace the full scope of your transformative health agenda. Together, we can Make America Healthy Again.”
This is just a violation of our constitutional rights these governor’s think their god.. someone needs to appeal this, other states tryed this to no avail but of course indiana pushes it through because of all the Republicans well we need to show the people this isnt right, whats next the government is gonna tell us what we can or can’t eat next besides sugar an soda. Some people need sugar to maintain their sugar levels bet no one thought about that one did they? Make America healthy again. Ya I don’t think so.
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